Hell's Kitchen
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9 ratings
Type: American Restaurant
Price: $$ ($9-$15)
Hours: Breakfast Mon.- Fri.: 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lunch: Mon.-Fri.: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Dinner: Sun.-Thur. 5 p.m. - 9p.m. Fri & Sat 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.
A hell of a good weekend brunch served up by someone in pajamas? You’re not at home but rather the heart of downtown Minneapolis. The tradition of the servers wearing pajamas on the weekends started shortly after Hell’s Kitchen opened five years ago, when the staff was told to wake up and come as they were instead of showing up late.
Don’t let the laid back style and the simple look of the building fool you. They may serve great scrambled eggs but Hell's Kitchen is not your average diner. With unique menu items like wild rice porridge, bison burgers and homemade peanut butter, this downtown spot is hotter than hell. Make reservations if you want to get in before hell freezes over (we couldn't resist one more).
User Reviews
Once I walked in, I understood the restaurants name. Hidden in the basement of one of the ubiquitous downtown concrete monoliths, Hells Kitchen offers an escape from the bland. Both in flavor and atmosphere. Decorated in a whimsically dark menagerie of cutlery and Steadman prints; the dining room seems more like a vampire nightclub, rather than a great place for brunch. However, don't let the decor fool your day walking eyes, the only thing bloody here is the Marys, and the food is the only thing to die for. The house made peanut butter goes with just about everything, especially the strange but utterly delicious Toasted Sausage Bread. Its a one of a kind, kind of "I dare ya" food. Its a bet worth taking.
It was an outstanding breakfast and the price was a big surprise. We recently moved to Minneapolis from NYC and couldn't believe the price for mediocre food. Hell's Kitchen is just watt we have been searching for....quality instead of quantity.
Hell’s Kitchen has a cool name and not much else going for it. I was a patron for breakfast on Saturday, November 8th and could not believe the mediocrity of the experience. Based on prior reviews, I have a suspicion something happened to the quality of the food and service after the relocation. My experience was truly awful. It is quite fitting that the servers wear pajamas given the overall sleepiness and inattentiveness of the service. My Bloody Mary arrived almost 20 minutes after I ordered it, and my girlfriend received one refill on her coffee over the whole 2 hour ordeal. Our food arrived after a 45 minute wait—and that was for an omelet and huevos rancheros. At one point, a woman seated next to us complained that she had been waiting just as long for her porridge. This afforded us a multi-table bonding experience over the lackluster service that truly reminded me of Gordon Ramsay’s “Hell’s Kitchen” or “Restaurant Nightmares” on Fox. The only upside to the whole abysmal affair was that I had made reservations and was seated immediately. If I had been made to wait even 5 minutes, you had better believe this review would not be as gentle.